Program Certification Engineering (d/f/m)

Job Description:

The Team “Eurofighter GE Airworthiness” at Airbus Defence and Space in Manching is looking for a

The office of Airworthiness Combat Aircraft, belonging to the Airworthiness & Product Integrity Centre of Competence, is responsible for the certification of all combat aircraft belonging to Airbus Defence and Space Germany.

Disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given special consideration.

Your location

Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Your benefits

• Attractive salary and special payments

• 30 days holidays and extra days-off for special occasions

• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects

• Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies

• On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site 

• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)

• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks and responsibilities

As a Certification Engineer for the Eurofighter Program within our office of airworthiness, your main roles and responsibilities will include:

• Managing & Leading ‘Type Certification’ activities, such as:

  • Establishing the type certification basis and type design definition

  • Developing compliance demonstration programmes

  • Releasing airworthiness documentation to the National Military Airworthiness Authorities (NMAA)

  • Managing certification projects with NMAA

  • Managing the Airbus Engineering departments, as well as the System Support Center to ensure certification objectives are met

• Leading and managing the Minor / Major Modification Certification activities, or repair changes

• Leading and managing continuing airworthiness activities, such as:

  • Delivering Airworthiness Risk Assessments for Reportable Occurrences and launch associated actions

  • Negotiating with AA the action plan to remove unsafe conditions

  • Ensuring certification of inspections and modification Service Bulletins

  • Ensuring the development of appropriate airworthiness directives

  • Providing advice and expertise to the Chief Engineer and the Engineering Teams in general on certification and airworthiness issues

  • Reviewing and accepting airworthiness deliverables from engineering departments

Desired skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or any other technical background, preferably aerospace

• A minimum of 6 years of work experience within an aerospace environment. These should ideally include experience that has been obtained within an airworthiness environment relevant to this position (minimum 18 months)

• Knowledge of aviation law and certification regulations (especially in the military regulatory area)

• Previous contacts with representatives of the certification authority and / or a large customer network are an advantage

• Good leadership and management skills as well as advanced negation and conflict management skills combined with ability to cooperate well are a prerequisite

• Business fluent German and English language skills

This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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